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An invitation from Ian Cole, Founder of World Prayer Centre, to pray in Birmingham for this coming Monday, 10th December  – www.worldprayer.org.uk

According to our politicians, we as a nation are facing some of the most critical days in the last 40 to 50 years and possibly, even longer than that; the decisions being made will affect generations to come.
 
At this most vulnerable time for the nation, as followers of Jesus, we have a responsibility and a duty to pray for our Queen, our political leaders, our security services and our church leaders.  Most of us are not in these categories but the Bible tells us that each one of us are priests, proclaimers and pray-ers.
 
As Priests, we stand in the gap as an intermediary between earth and heaven on behalf of our families, communities and nation.  We declared at Trumpet Call last June that as we humble ourselves, pray, seek God and turn from our wicked ways, that He will hear, He will forgive, and He will heal.  As priests, we have a great High Priest who always intercedes for us. We do not stand alone.
 
As Proclaimers, we are preaching by word and action that even in a time of great uncertainty and vulnerability, this is a day of good news.  Today as on every day, Jesus the Light of the World dispels the darkness of evil, helps us to repent of our sins, and as we give our lives to Him He gives us His life, eternal life, and heaven’s life. 
 
As Pray-ers, we take our place in Heaven’s throne room and pray in the name of Jesus that God by His Spirit, will move in the hearts and minds of people across every spectrum of society, convicting of sin, bringing revelation of Jesus as their Lord and Saviour and a wonderful knowledge of eternal life.
 
As Priests, Proclaimers and Pray-ers, let us not be deflected by Brexit.  Of course it is very important, but it is more important for our families, communities and nation to know whether they will be in or out of heaven, than in or out of the EU.
 
We shall stand together in these days by the grace of God and declare with the Psalmist, “I will lift my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from?  My help comes from the Lord the Maker of heaven and earth…”  Psalm 121.
 
By the way, there is no panic or confusion in heaven over Brexit, so we pray, “Your will be done in London and Brussels, as it is in heaven”.     
 
Our national prayer conference is at Swanwick on 11-13 March 2019 has the theme – REBUILD, RESTORE, RENEW.  It comes at a massively significant time for the nation. don’t forget to book in here.
 
Our next WATCH + PRAY day is next Monday 10 December from 10.30am at WPC prayer room, Ethel Street, Birmingham, B2 4BG.  We will be praying into Brexit as the parliamentary vote takes place the next day. We hope you can join us.  Click here to find out more.

Ian Cole
Founder of World Prayer Centre

Just received from the Elim Pentecostal Church in the UK:

‘With the British Exit (Brexit) from the European Union fast approaching the date when it is due to go into effect, there are many questions and opinions exercising all who are involved in the negotiations.

For those who are waiting to know what steps are being taken and their effect on the daily life and function of all, there are questions relating to the practical effect that Brexit will have. Beyond all this, for those who trust in God and His direction, there are many prayers ascending to the Throne of Grace. Let our prayers not be reactionary but rather, let our prayers be based on the Word of God.

It was King George VI who, in the crises of World War Two, reminded us of the quote from the poem, ‘The Gate of the Year’ by Minnie Haskins – ‘Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.’

What better advice is there that can be taken at this critical time’.

To help you pray, June Freudenberg, Elim’s Parliamentary Prayer Representative, has produced some prayer points in relation to the current Brexit situation.

Prayer Points

• Let us recognise that God makes the nations.
  ‘…and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made.’ Dt 26:19 
• God appointed a place for Israel as He has for every nation
  ‘Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them…’ 2 Sam 7:10
• We need to give recognition to the boundaries of each nation including Britain.
  And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings. Acts 17:26
• As British borders are re-defined, let us pray for wisdom as to how those borders are to be reclaimed and re-established.
  A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. Psalm 110:10 (b)
• Pray for wisdom that in breaking off from the European Union authority, that there will be healing on both sides.
  Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved. Ps 80:3
• Good government is God’s plan for every nation. God has given to each nation positions of authority for the advantage of that nation. The people who are put into those positions are our responsibility. Let us support them in prayer that God may guide them in the way that they should go.
  Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority. 1Tim 2:1-2 
• Pray for godly wisdom and understanding for those in authority.
  I, wisdom, dwell with prudence and find out knowledge and discretion. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength. By me kings reign and rulers decree justice. By me, princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth. Proverbs 8:12-16
• As we pray for those in authority it is that personal needs of a good quality of life for everyone are achieved.
  that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 1 Tim 2:2 (b)
• Brexit will bring a period with a degree of disruption and re-alignment not only throughout Britain but throughout Europe as a whole. Let us pray that this will be achieved with understanding, patience and a sense of common purpose.
  I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with long suffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. Eph 4: 1-3

 

You may also download the prayers to share with others.

Click on the below image to view or download a pdf.

God calls us to pray for those in authority and as the Brexit debate continues to rage in our Nation, it is surely time to do that in a Biblical way, without taking any particular position on process, assuming a specific outcome, or speaking against individuals involved.

We recently posted about the National Call to Prayer on Sunday 9th December  – click here for more details – and on the website of the Church that has initiated it is this prayer, around which we can surely all unite and pray together:

A BIBLICAL PRAYER FOR THE GOVERNMENT

1 Tim 2:1 Heavenly Father I give thanks for our government.
1 Tim 2:2 I pray for all men and women having authority over us in any way.
Prov 1:23 Pour out your Spirit upon them and make Your Word known to them.
Ps 25:21 Cause them to be men and women of integrity, obedient concerning us,
1 Tim 2:2 that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty.
Prov 2:10 Let wisdom enter their hearts, and let knowledge be pleasant to them.
Prov 2.11 Let discretion preserve them and understanding keep them,
Prov 2:12 to deliver them from the way of evil and from evil men.
Ps 1:1 Make their hearts and ears attentive to godly counsel,
2 Chr 20:32 doing what is right in your sight.
Prov. 2:21 Let the upright dwell in our government.
Heb 12:27 Cause there to be a shaking in all areas.
Prov 2:21 Let those complete and blameless before you stay
Prov 2:22 and cut off the wicked. Let the unfaithful be rooted out.
1 Cor 4:5 Bring to light what is hidden in darkness,
1 Cor 4:5 and expose the secret aims of their hearts.
Rev 2:5 Let this nation remember from where we have fallen,
Rev 2:5 repenting, and returning to doing our first works,
1 Chr 22:19 setting our hearts and souls to seek the Lord,
2 Chr 7:14 humbling ourselves, praying, and turning from our wicked ways.
2 Chr 7:14 Then hear us, O Lord, and forgive our sins and heal our land.
Acts 26:18 Open our eyes and turn us from darkness to light.
Heb 3:13 Soften the hearts that are hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Ps 107:20 Deliver them from their destructions.
2Pet 3:9 Father, you have been long-suffering towards us,
2 Pet 3:9 not willing that any should perish,
2 Pet 3:9 but that all should come to repentance.
Isa 49:22 Raise up a standard in this nation.
Zech 10:1 Cause the rains of Your Spirit to flood this land
Hab 3:2 and revive Your work in the midst of us.
Isa 59:16 Raise up intercessors for this nation
2 Cor 10:4 to pull down strongholds over this land.
Isa 40:5 And let the glory of the Lord be revealed!

(Prayer by Carol Ann Kononova of prayingscriptures.com)

A big thank you to Heart Christian Newspaper for running the story of our September, ‘As One‘ gatherings, in their latest edition (Dec 2018/Jan 2019)

You may also read it on-line here: www.heartpublications.co.uk/two-connected-and-highly-symbolic-midlands-prayer-events/

We are excited to hear of so many at the present time organising and being involved in times of prayer for our Nation.

Today, we received an email from Catch the Fire, a church in Bournemouth on the south coast, who are challenged by The Lord to call a National Day of Prayer for Government on Sunday 9th December 2018. 

The day is inspired by Isaiah 66:8 and calls for Believers to use their God given authority to call in Divine order to the UK:

“Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country be born in a day or a nation brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labour than she gives birth to her children.” 

The Senior Leader at the Church said in her email to CTNTP:

‘I wondered who I could influence to organise [a National day of Prayer]… I thought of the biggest names I know in ministry and if I could get them to do it. Then I figured as I had the vision for it I better do it and just release it on Facebook and see what happens.’

Already several thousand people have engaged through their Facebook Page (click here). God surely wants ‘grassroots’ believers to take up the call to praying for the UK – as well as ‘big’ prayer organisations and well known leaders.

The National Day of Prayer, on Sunday 9th December, can be taken up wherever you are, in your own City, Town, Village.

Full details are on the Church’s website:
www.ctfbournemouth.com/event-listings/ndop

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National Prayer in wartime

Over the last months, CTNTP have heard much from many sources comparing the present situation to historic wartime calls to prayer – check out some we have published on the pages under the Prophecies and Insights tab.

Many are seeing that we are in a fierce battle right now!

Catch the Fire Bournemouth’s website description of the Day of Prayer includes:

VICTORY IS IN THE AIR:

Recently we celebrated 100 years of the Royal Air Force, the brave men and women of whom Winston Churchill famously said:

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many, to so few”

Right now the Battle for Britain is in the air. In the airwaves and in the prayers of the believers.

We have an amazing history of nation changing prayer in this country thanks to national days of prayer during the second world war and people like Rees Howells, whose prayers changed the direction of The Battle of Britain.

As Believers around the UK on Sunday 9th December join together in prayer, The Lord will, like Gideon’s Army, surely multiply the effect. We will see Victory, and the Name of Jesus Christ lifted up across our Land.!

 

CTNTP has been careful to keep out of the ‘Brexit fray’, The whole subject has become a very difficult one for The Church at large in our nation, as within our congregations, like during the Referendum, many hold one position, many the other. It has divided us, at the very time when The Lord is surely saying, we must be ‘As One’.

Our view is that The Lord has already gone far ahead of us! His overall plans and purposes for the United Kingdom have been in place from the beginning of time. They are good plans, plans that give us a real hope and future. It is all to easy for us to react, to ‘knee-jerk’ to the daily pendulum swing of news and commentary.

We are not absolved from the responsibility of prayer and of seeking The Lord, for He works alongside us, ‘co-labours’ with us. It is a great mystery, but He truly uses us to bring His plans to fruition. Prayer leads to ‘mission’ – we must hear from Heaven and deliver our personally assigned part in God’s plan.

We have already believed the Lord is speaking to many Christians in Britain about releasing a ‘sound of heaven’ over our Land, for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Read more about this – click here. The plans of the enemy are defeated when God’s people rise up, and standing in love and unity, stand, sing, speak and declare His Glory! (See 2 Chronicles 20). This should surely be our focus?

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A Prophetic Word from Quiver

We have been made aware of a Statement from the Christian prayer organisation, Quiver, written by its Convenor, Jennifer Abigail Lawson Wallace, that was released a couple of days ago. This powerfully speaks into the Brexit situation and is reproduced below. As usual, we ask you to weigh the words before The Lord.

We are in a time where we must keep our eyes fixed on heaven, let The Holy Spirit direct your thoughts and prayers, not the BBC (or other) news!

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A STATEMENT FROM QUIVER CONCERNING BREXIT – 24 November 2018

Last Tuesday was exactly two years ago, when we finished the intercessory journey around the UK. I had totally forgotten about that, but was at a prayer meeting at Emmanuel Centre on Tuesday 20th November, when the Holy Spirit reminded me. He said “Today is exactly two years since you completed your intercessory journey around the UK.”

He began to remind me of the things He said at the end of that assignment; that He has taken control over the nation, and that whatever transpires, we should rest assured that He is in control. After the assignment, He had also said to me, “I will take you to Buckingham Palace and there you’ll complete this task, for I have taken over the nation.” A few months later, I attended the Queen’s garden party at Buckingham Palace, and there, I proclaimed Psalm 45 over the nation, declaring that Christ will rule this land with the Church, His Bride!

Since then, even though we have continued to pray concerning Brexit, the focus of the Lord to us at QUIVER has been the Church. To pray and prepare her to rise up boldly and work. The Lord need His Church to stand firm, and prepared and ready to reach out to the nation again. (Haggai 2). Hence our 36 days of fasting and prayer throughout the year, which concludes next week.

However, whenever I have felt panicky about the current situation with Brexit, I have been reminded that the LORD IS IN CONTROL AND WILL HAVE HIS WAY. I have a deep sense of peace, and the Lord has asked us to enter into rest and praise Him.

The Lord gave 2 Chronicles 20

In the midst of a fierce threat of war from several nations, King Jehoshaphat declared to Judah and Jerusalem “Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets and you shall prosper.” Then he assigned worshippers to go before the army. They declared, “Praise the Lord, for His mercy endures forever.”

We, therefore, believe that this is not the time to panic but rather hold on to every prophetic word received regarding the UK, and stand firm and declare it. This is the time to believe that God answers prayer and He has heard and will answer and help us. This is the time to praise, worship and thank God and ask Him to glorify His name.

Indeed it’s not by might but by His Spirit. Who are you O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!!!” Zechariah 4:6-7

As I prayed last night, I heard word: “The outcome of Brexit has already been determined in the courts of heaven.” We, therefore, believe that the counsel of God alone shall stand in regards to Brexit! No human being shall determine the outcome, God has already determined it.

After, praying last night, the Lord asked me to make a Prophetic Declaration over Britain. (I have an audio recording of this). After making the prophetic declaration, I had a vision of the Lord as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah! I saw the Lion but He was with a Lioness. (This the first time I have seen the Lion with a Lioness). With this I had an assurance that the Lord, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah is with His Bride, the true Church. Jesus Christ is with us in this battle for our nation. Victory belongs to Jesus.

Let us do what King Jehoshaphat and Judah did, and stand firm on His word, promises and prophecies to our nation. Let us stand in faith and believe in the Lord’s ability to deliver. Let us have a confident assurance in our God and praise, worship and thank Him. Let us stand still and firm and see the salvation of our God. PSALM 46. Amen!!!

Written by:

Jennifer Abigail Lawson-Wallace
QUIVER Convenor
24th November 2018

“Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway! Take out the stones; lift up a banner for the peoples!” – Isaiah 62:10. Jesus Christ is soon coming!!!

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Following ‘As One‘, September this year, we continue to hear of ‘confirmations’ concerning the Spirit and Word coming together in the context of Smith Wigglesworth’s  prophecy  – click here to read.

In 2015, author, songwriter, and church leader, Jarrod Cooper, published a book entitled, ‘When Spirit and Word Collide’. He explores the 1947 prophecy and examines what it means for today’s Church. A new wave of extraordinary Spirit and Word churches are emerging. In this book he looks at the qualities that will set them apart and position them at the centre of a great move of God that will sweep our nation.

Here are the first words from its introduction:

In 1947 a prophetic word was brought to the Body of Christ that most attribute to the man of faith, Smith Wigglesworth; a word that may change Church history. In it he spoke of several phases in the life of the Church that would span the decades following its utterance. Notably, for us today, the first few phases have unfolded exactly as prophesied. This makes the final, as yet unfulfilled, stage of his prophetic word of great interest to church leaders and all Christians today. Since the prophetic word has been so proven until now, we would be foolish to ignore its finale.

A book well worth reading.

One part of our initial Directive for CTNTP is, ‘Releasing a Sound’ – see our webpage about this  – click here.

We believe that part of the purpose of our ‘As One’ gathering on 29th September, was to release a ‘revival ripple’ across the UK. The ripple could also be described as the ‘Sound of Heaven’, a heavenly vibration, the frequency of The Kingdom of God resonating out to touch everyone and everything!

We were recently sent a link to a You Tube video, where in 2008, Ray Hughes is speaking on The Symphony of Heaven. He explains that when we hear and respond to the sound of heaven, we become instruments of praise for God on the earth.

We strongly recommend you listen to what Ray had to say:

We recently had this prophetic word brought to our attention by Richard Barker of Richard’s Watch prophetic Blog.

Heidi Baker is the co-founder of Iris Ministries and she delivered this word at the Catch the Fire London conference on 16th November 2014.

Within the word, Heidi Baker says, ‘…it’s this radical movement of unity where there’s going to be so much of Holy Spirit’s presence in the individual believers that they’re literally going to cross different streams and they’re going to move together’. She also talks about is as being a movement of, ‘radical love’, between Believers.

We see that the context of Heidi’s Word is very much in line with our recent ‘As One’ gathering.

What does The Lord says to you?

“I just feel like this revival that God has promised in this nation – it’s another wave of revival He’s promised; I feel like it’s going to come as we go. It’s going to come as we go. It’s going to come as we go, says the Lord. This revival of radical love is going to come as we go. It’s each one of us just taking a hold of the love of God, taking a hold of the heart of God, taking a hold of the mercy of God, fixing our eyes on Jesus the author and the finisher, and as we go, one by one by one by one there’s going to be a lighting up in the hearts of men and women in this city, in this nation.

“This move of God is different than you’ve ever seen before, says the Lord. It’s different than you’ve ever seen before, says the Lord, because no one’s going to point to one mighty evangelist. No-one’s going to point to one mighty preacher, no-one’s going to point to one mighty event, but there’s going to be this, this immersion, this immersion of the Father’s love, this immersion of Holy Spirit, this immersion, this infilling of God within the hearts of individuals, and with the hearts of bodies, the body of Christ.

“There’s going to be a movement of unity in the UK that’s going to shake the world, says the Lord. I hear the prophetic word of the Lord. It’s going to flow through the universities and the colleges of the universities. It’s going to flow through denomination and the non-denominations. There’s going to be a move of unity within the Body of Christ.

“You’re going to fill Wembley Stadium. You’re going to fill stadiums, stadiums, with worshippers of the living God. And there’s going to be this holy affection where people come before the Lord. They’re not going to even know who’s speaking in the stadium, they’re not going to even know the name of the preachers, because they’re coming fixing their eyes on Jesus. It’s going to shake the nation, says the Lord.

“There’s going to be a unity even between Scotland and Ireland and the UK, that’s going to SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE. There’s going to be a shaking that’s going to bring a unity, says the Lord. There’s going to be something that the people of other faiths are going to see in this nation, as believers come together in radical love.

“There’s going to be; you are going to be a part of the history, a part of the history in this nation, says the Lord. There’s going to be another historical move of God – I see, I see a shaking, a shaking of radical love.

“I see people in the Body of Christ, and you’re going out, and I’ve seen a vision of it, you’re going out, and I know you’re sons and daughters but you’re going out like ants, you’re going out like ants, like ants, like little ants, like little ants and you’re digging digging digging digging digging like little ants – like little ants, you’re digging.

“And there’s something specific happening as you start just lining up in this unity. There’s going to be a unity beyond anything the UK’s ever seen. It’s like there’s something, I feel like you’re going to become like these radical lovers of God that’s going to cross all denominations, all the barriers.”

“I feel like church history is going to be made in this place again, and you’re going to be a part of the history because, instead of burning people at the stake, there’s going to be radical love manifested through the Body of Christ.

“And it’s like there’s something that’s going to be happening in the body of Christ in UK – and I hear the Lord, I hear the Lord so clearly – it’s this radical movement of unity where there’s going to be so much of Holy Spirit’s presence in the individual believers that they’re literally going to cross different streams and they’re going to move together in this HUGE river of radical love that’s going to flow over the banks of the UK, it’s going to flow over the banks – it’s going to be like this hotbed – and out of the UK there’s going to come this MIGHTY move of the Spirit that’s going to touch even unto the continent, says the Lord, and there’s going to be a re-awakening, a re-awakening of love, a re-awakening of unity, a re-awakening of His Spirit – and it’s like the other faith, the other faiths, the other religions, they’re going to take notice when the Christians come together in radical love – a cross-stream, they won’t care what they’re called, they won’t care…

”It’s interesting what I hear: there’s going to be diversity in the unity, there’s going to be diversity in the unity, uniqueness in the unity, where people are going to come together uniquely different and yet flowing together in unity. It’s not like you’re going to come together with a fake unity where all your doctrines are the same, where all your beliefs are the same, but you’re going to come together for the prize, you’re going to come together for the prize!

“He says, “I will give you souls, I will give you souls, I will give you souls, souls, souls, souls”. There’s going to be another Great Awakening coming out of this place!

“I see a great awakening touching the universities. There’s going to be a fire of God’s glory love on the universities. There’s going to be move between denominations that will blow your mind, says the Lord.

“This is from God’s heart and it’s, it’s a passion on Daddy’s heart that…it’s hard to understand but there’s been this longing on the heart of Daddy God, this longing on the heart of the Father for this move that He longs for, that He’s destined this place for, that He’s destined UK for – He’s destined it in His Spirit – and I see it…Oh yes Lord.”

 

You can also read the Word with more context, links and updates from Richard’s Watch here – https://richards-watch.org/2014/11/27/heidi-baker-prophecy-of-a-new-move-of-god-in-uk/

God is uniting His Church – we are seeing ‘As One’ happening all around the Nation! 

Here is an article from this week’s Chelmsford and Mid-Essex Times by The Bishop of Chelmsford:

 

 

Chelmsford became a City in 2012.

Skylark Church is a large Charismatic Church in the City.

David Gilbey also Co-ordinates Call the Nation to Prayer.